"Bad Ass" on draught, and big Ford trucksWe spend the day on the line and the nights lit upWe rock blue jeans, tees, old English D'sSo baby you best to believe that's how we do it in detroitThat's how we do it in detroit, Up in the d, d, d

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With the big brown fist, with the "can't stop soul"The hot rod city always ready to rollWe get ya what you gotta get to see this throughCause tough times don't last, tough people doIn detroit, That's how we do it in detroit, That's how we do it in detroit, Up in the d, d, d, d, dIn detroit, For all my people in detroitThat's how we do it in detroit, Up in the d, d, d, All the time in detroitFor all my people in detroitThat's how we do it in detroit, Up in the d, d, d, d